Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Keeping You Awake

A Caffeine clone for OS X Yosemite (and Dark Mode).

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Keeping You Awake launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Open Caffeine▲164

   Keep your Mac awake

   Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Caffeinated▲108

   Keeps your Mac awake.

   2020 · caffeinated.app · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Caffeine▲462

   Keep your Mac from going to sleep

   2014 · download.macupdate.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   macOS Mojave▲635

   The next generation of software for Macs

   2018 · apple.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Theine▲145

   Caffeine for your Mac. Keep it awake.

   2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Amphetamine▲308

   Powerful keep-awake utility for macOS

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Alyx: Caffeine Kit▲172

   A caffeine tracker with attitude and no accountability

   2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Keepresso▲129

   Keep your Mac awake, on your terms. Free and open source

   Jul 2026 · keepresso.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Amphetamine▲198

   Powerful keep-awake utility for macOS

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    UP Coffee▲82

    via Jawbone Labs: understand how caffeine affects your sleep

    2014 · jawbone.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Caffeine – Minimum viable back end for prototyping▲206

    A basic REST service for JSON data - enough for prototyping and MVPs! - rehacktive/caffeine

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Shifty▲165

    More control over macOS Night Shift

    2017 · shifty.natethompson.io · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Visual Caffeine by HEAVN▲103

    A smart desk lamp that boosts your focus and wellbeing.

    2016 · launch.heavn.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Ambify▲113

    Turn music into light

    2016 · getambify.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Yu▲127

    A Mac app for soothing background sounds

    2015 · yu.hackplan.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Offline Time▲82

    Hit the snooze button on online distractions

    2015 · 96problems.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Sip▲13

    Great Coffee Just a Tap Away.

    2015 · sipapp.co · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Enough Sleep▲147

    Boost your performance by getting enough sleep!

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Adrafinil – keep a lid-closed Mac awake only while agents work▲124

    A month ago there was a wave of posts and tweets about engineers walking around cafes and parks with their MacBooks propped half-open, as fully closing the lid forces sleep that stops their AI agents. Some people made snarky comments about using tmux or Amphetamine, and some defended their choice with “but I only need it sometimes, and forgetting to disable Amphetamine and finding my laptop discharged in my bag is worse.” This is a solution to this problem. Unlike caffeinate, it will prevent your MacBook from sleeping even with the lid closed, with no external power or display, using pmset…

    Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Stimly▲60

    Real-time caffeine metabolism curve and bedtime estimate

    27d ago · stimly.app · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Hello▲15

    Wake up to better sleep.

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Awakado▲79

    Keep your Mac awake while your AI agents work

    19d ago · awakado.noodledragon.studio · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Awake▲65

    A spiritual alarm clock for iPhone

    2016 · awake-app.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Cuefree▲157

    Put your AirPods in, your Mac starts focusing

    14d ago · wearcue.top · its alternatives →

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